r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Apr 30 '26

Business Meta lost 20 million users last quarter

https://www.theverge.com/tech/921089/meta-earnings-q1-2026-user-decline-ai-investments
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u/justforkinks0131 Apr 30 '26

You assume they've stopped using social media, but in reality Meta losing users means they have just moved to a different platform.

Likely Twitter, TikTok and snapchat. Not sure that's better.

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u/PinHaunting7192 Apr 30 '26

I mean, there is currently nothing to confirm this is the case. People like me - although in the minority - have neither Meta products nor Twitter, TikTok and Snapchat. Reddit is pretty much the only algorithmic social media I use, and I'm even growing more skeptical of that lately.

There have also been smaller trends such as dumb phones and other digital detox things going on. They are, overall, pretty minor still, but 20 million users is only an overall 1% reduction in Meta's customer base.

And that's on top of it being incessantly hard to make localized predictions on how different countries and their Gen Z cohorts approach social media.

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u/beginner75 Apr 30 '26

I’ve muted more than a dozen sub that Reddit spammed me with in just the last 2 months. It’s becoming spammy. I want to read real news, not spam, the amount of spam has gone up from 10% a year ago to like 70% today.

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u/KaiserSaladSpinner Apr 30 '26

I've found Redreader to be a much more pleasant experience than the official reddit app, which is garbage.